Hello my name Jalen and this class can be crazy but you can learn alot from here. I did a various of project including bridge project, marble sorter, balloon rocket racer, paper tower, toothpick tower, bottle rocket, and last but not least the ping-pong ball launcher.
What this project was about is trhat you had to build the most efficient bridge only out of balsa wood and wood glue. As easy as that sounds you had constraints and steps you had to folllow. For example, you and your partner both had to draw a sketch and decide which one you would use, we decided to use my design, and then you had to have your signature and date with a signature of a witness. Building that bridge was probably the most confusing and frustrating thing you could ever do because it had to be at least 30.00 cm. long and have a height less than 250 mm. As you can see our bridge wasn't the greatest looking bridge ever but wat I learned from building it is, have patience with your work and no matter how hard the project is don't ever give up on it. I also learned about the 4 different types of bridges, the truss, beam, suspension, and cable-stayed bridges.
Mini Projects
Now out of all the mini projects I liked two and they were the two towers, paper tower and toothpick tower. My paper tower did not go so well like I hoped but my toothpick tower went great even though it was only made out of gum drops and toothpicks. I would more than say that they both were interesting but the toothpick tower just intrigued me. We were only given about 100 toothpicks and nearly 60 gumdrops and had to make a 4 story tower that could hold a baseball for 20 seconds. The paper tower on the other hand was to be only made out of paper and had to withstand an earthquake and hurricane. It had to be at least 32 in.in height, which our group made, but the rest was just down hill. What I learned from both projects is that engineering can be fun at time but no matter how much fun your having your still learning something. One thing I learned about the paper tower is that paper is not a good material for building a tower also that there is alot of work even on the simplest projects. For the toothpick tower I learned that your sketch design might not come out as planned and you must think about your actions before you make them or you will be confused and upset.
THE TRUSS BRIDGE
Hello my name Jalen and this class can be crazy but you can learn alot from here. I did a various of project including bridge project, marble sorter, balloon rocket racer, paper tower, toothpick tower, bottle rocket, and last but not least the ping-pong ball launcher.
What this project was about is trhat you had to build the most efficient bridge only out of balsa wood and wood glue. As easy as that sounds you had constraints and steps you had to folllow. For example, you and your partner both had to draw a sketch and decide which one you would use, we decided to use my design, and then you had to have your signature and date with a signature of a witness. Building that bridge was probably the most confusing and frustrating thing you could ever do because it had to be at least 30.00 cm. long and have a height less than 250 mm. As you can see our bridge wasn't the greatest looking bridge ever but wat I learned from building it is, have patience with your work and no matter how hard the project is don't ever give up on it. I also learned about the 4 different types of bridges, the truss, beam, suspension, and cable-stayed bridges.
Mini Projects
Now out of all the mini projects I liked two and they were the two towers, paper tower and toothpick tower. My paper tower did not go so well like I hoped but my toothpick tower went great even though it was only made out of gum drops and toothpicks. I would more than say that they both were interesting but the toothpick tower just intrigued me. We were only given about 100 toothpicks and nearly 60 gumdrops and had to make a 4 story tower that could hold a baseball for 20 seconds. The paper tower on the other hand was to be only made out of paper and had to withstand an earthquake and hurricane. It had to be at least 32 in.in height, which our group made, but the rest was just down hill. What I learned from both projects is that engineering can be fun at time but no matter how much fun your having your still learning something. One thing I learned about the paper tower is that paper is not a good material for building a tower also that there is alot of work even on the simplest projects. For the toothpick tower I learned that your sketch design might not come out as planned and you must think about your actions before you make them or you will be confused and upset.